Vimy

The Battle and the Legend

Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner, examines the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and the way the memory of it has evolved over 100 years. Cook has uncovered new material and photographs from official archives and private collections across Canada and from around the world. Many of these resources have never been used before by other historians, writers, or film-makers. On the 100th anniversary of Vimy, this new book is about more than a defining battle: it is a story of Canadian identity and memory.

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Oct 2017 to Nov 2017......(We read out loud to each other almost every night, 5 or more pages each.....a great way to share a book.) This was our "read-out-loud" selection beginning in Oct, getting us into the right frame of mind for Nov 11. The first few chapters are about the battle (brutal) but after that is just great history about the war in general, and the history of the monument and how it's meaning evolved over the years....learned a lot, and made our Remembrance Day ceremony attendance more meaningful. (We have three Legions in our small town, which used to be 5 towns that amalgamated back in the '70's, so very busy on Nov 11 attending all the ceremonies.) (Great chili too!)